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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose NUI Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at NUI Galway is all about here.
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About NUI Galway
About NUI Galway
Since 1845, NUI Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
NUI Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
NUI Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at NUI Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at NUI Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni, Friends & Supporters
Alumni, Friends & Supporters
There are over 90,000 NUI Galway graduates Worldwide, connect with us and tap into the online community.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At NUI Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Surveys in NUI Galway
A number of surveys are completed across NUI Galway, eliciting Staff and Student perspectives, perceptions, satisfaction and feedback on any number of matters across the University with a view to informing internal dialogue and decision making. Staff and students' time and opinions are both valuable to NUI Galway. We encourage you to take part in surveys but understand that you may be asked to take part in a number of surveys throughout the year. Always read the invite to participate and check that you understand what the survey is for, and how your feedback will be used; prioritise those surveys which specify how they will use your feedback to make life at NUI Galway better.
Please click here to see the Repository of Surveys carried out in NUI Galway
Student Surveys
Student surveys are an important tool for students to provide feedback on university experiences, educational quality, institutional effectiveness and student satisfaction, and play an important role in the involvement of students in university management and governance at NUI Galway.
In addition to the Student Evaluation of Teaching where students give feedback on modules and programmes during the semester, NUI Galway participates annually in the national student survey carried out across all institutions in Ireland. This survey benchmarks the students' experience on various levels of engagement throughout their study in First year, Final year and Postgraduate years, see more below.
Student Survey in Ireland -StudentSurveyIE
StudentSurveyIE (formerly known as The Irish Survey of Student Engagement or ISSE) has been running every year since 2013. The central aim of this national survey is to develop a valuable source of information about students’ experiences of higher education in Ireland. The survey seeks to collect information on student engagement across all aspects of university life, with a particular focus on how students engage with their learning environments. Students are ultimately responsible for their own learning but this depends on institutions and staff creating an environment that encourages and promotes student involvement in educationally-relevant activities. The results from the survey help institutions celebrate and enhance areas of strength and identify and address areas of weakness.
The development of the ISSE was informed by experiences gained from other countries where similar surveys are already in place. In particular, the ISSE is closely related to the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE, in operation since 2007), which has formative links with the US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE, in operation since 2000). The ISSE is a comprehensive, sophisticated, internationally validated and robust survey instrument designed to elicit feedback on multiple complex themes that are pertinent to monitoring the experience of the students enrolled in our higher education institutions.
Other institutions
Find out more about the Student Survey in Ireland including results from other institutions.
News
8th June 2022
NUI Galway is ranked 270th out of 1,400 institutions worldwide.
14th November 2021
NUI Galway achieves University of the Year status in the Sunday Times Ranking
9th September 2021
NUI Galway has achieved a renewed Bronze Athena SWAN Award
3rd September 2021
NUI Galway is placed in the 351-400 range in the Times Higher Education World Rankings
8th June 2021
NUI Galway is placed 258th position in the QS World Rankings
4th March 2021
4th November 2020
NUI Galway achieved runner-up position for the second year in a row in the Sunday Times Good University Guide, published November 2020.
2nd September 2020
NUI Galway is ranked in the 301-350 band in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.